Organotin derivatives of glutarimide-beta-acetic acid



United States Patent 3,435,037 ORGANOTIN DERIVATIVES F GLUTARIMIDE-fl-ACETIC ACID Horst G. Langer, Cochituate, and Nicolas A. Starkovsky,

Weston, Mass., assimlors to The Dow Company, Midland, Mich., acorporation of Delaware No Drawing. Filed Dec. 24, 1964, Ser. No.421,109 Int. Cl. C07f 7/22; C07d 29/24; A01n 9/00 US. Cl. 260-270 16Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Novel metal derivatives ofglutarimide- -acetic acid wherein the metal is a metal atom from GroupIV-A or V-A. The novel compounds are prepared :by reacting a reactiveorganometal compound containing at least one inorganic substituent, or areactive inorganic metal compound, e.g., the metal chloride, withglutarimide- -acetic acid, esters of said acid, andN-alkylglutarimide-fi-acetic acid.

This invention relates to a new class of organometal compounds and to amethod of their preparation, the compounds being characterized as thereaction products of organometal compounds with glutarimide-B-aceticacid.

It is a fundamental object of this invention to provide novelorganometal derivatives of glutarimide-fl-acetic acid.

It is another object of the invention to provide novel organosilicon,organogermanium, organotin, organolead, organomagnesium, organobismuthand organoantimony.

It is still another object of the invention to provide processes forpreparing said novel organometal compounds.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will in part be obviousand in part appear hereinafter.

This invention accordingly is embodied in novel organo-metal derivativesof glutarimide-fi-acetic acid. These novel compounds are prepared byreacting glutarimidefi-acetic acid, an ester of glutarirnide-fi-aceticacid, or a N-substituted derivative of glntarimide-fl-acetic acid, withan organometal compound of a Group IV-A or V-A metal. The preparation ofcertain of the reactant derivatives of said acid is disclosed in anapplication of NA. Starkovsky, Ser. No. 421,115, filed Dec. 24, 1964,which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety. The organometalcompound used as the reactant will have from one to three organic groupsbonded to tetravalent metal atoms, and one or two organic groups bondedto trivalent metal atoms; the remaining valences of the metal atom beingsatisfied by oxygen, hydroxide, halide (generally chloride), alcoholateor phenolate, carboxylic acid residues, e.g. acetates, etc. During thecourse of the reaction the organometal compound reacts by splitting thebonds from the metallic atom to atoms other than carbon atoms, andreacts at these now unsatisfied valence sites, with theglutarimide-[i-acetic acid. Reaction with glutarimidefiacetic acid or anN-substituted derivative of glutarimide- B-acetic acid is completely orprimarily by replacement of the acid hydrogen of theglutarimide-B-acetic acid. When the reaction is with an ester ofglutarimidep-acetic acid, the organometal moiety bonds to the nitrogenatom. Consequently the invention may be broadly divided into twosub-generic groups, dependent upon whether the organometal moiety isbonded to the nitrogen atom, or to the acid end of theglutarimide-B-acetic acid moiety. However, it will become apparent fromthe more detailed disclosure hereinafter, that this clear-cutdistinction cannot always be made.

Those novel compounds in which the organometal moiety is bondedprimarily or completely to the acid end 3,435,037 Patented Mar. 25, 1969wherein A is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon group such as a lower alkyl; Mrepresents an n-valent metal (trior tetravalent); m is at least 1 and isequal or smaller than n-1, when n is 4, m is 1, 2 or 3, when .n is 3, mis 1 or 2; when n-m is greater than 1, all the R groups need not be thesame; and R is an organic group. It is believed that when A is nothydrogen, the compounds are the salts of the glutarimide-fi-acetic acid.When A is hydrogen, the compounds are considered to be largely in theform of the organometal salt of the glutarimide-fl-acetic acid, based oninfra-red evidence of metal to acetate bonds. However, there is alsosome evidence of more complicated intermolecular arrangements withunsymmetrical hydrogen bonding as indicated by split C=O and NH bands.

When utilizing the glutarimide-B-acetic acid ester as the reactant, thenovel derivatives may be shown in conventional fashion by the followingrepresentation (II):

--CHH2O wherein X is oxygen or sulfur and B represents an esterifyinggroup.

The glutarimide-B-acetic acid reactants are also known as2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine-B-acetic acid. These compounds may carry one ormore common substituents such as the alkyls, alkoxys, halides, etc. inplace of one or more of the hydrogen atoms bonded to the carbon atoms.As is apparent from the Formula II, when X is sulfur, the reactantesters are not, strictly speaking, esters of glutarimide-fl-acetic acid,but are the corresponding esters of the thio acid, i.e., the esters ofglutarimide-fl-ethanethiolic acid. The esterifying group B" ispreferably an al-kyl group having up to about 18 carbon atoms, or amonocyclicaryl group. These groups may also carry one or more commonsubstituents such as the alkyls, alkoxys, halides, amines, etc. All suchsubstituted glutarimide-B- acetic acid compounds, including thecorresponding thio esters are considered to be the equivalent of theglutarimide-B-acetic acids illustrated herein and are meant to beencompassed within the scope of the terms specified in the claims.

The organometal derivatives contemplated are those of the Group IV andV-A metals of the periodic classification of elements, namely silicon,germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth, etc. The preferredorganic groups bonded to the metal atom of the reactant organometal andconsequent reaction product are the lower alkyls and lower alkenyls suchas ethyl, butyl, octyl, vinyl, allyl; the monocyclic alkyls such ascyclopentyl and cyclohexyl; and the monoand dicyclic aryls such asphenyl, tolyl, naphthyl, etc. These organic groups may carry certaincommon substituents such as halogens, hydroxyl or other groups, etc.Such substituted groups are meant to be encompassed within the scope ofthe terms specified in the claims.

The organometal portions of these compounds are best exemplified byorganotin salts, which are readily available commercially as hydroxides,halides acetates or bisorganotin oxides.

Reference to the following specific examples will give an accurateindication of the process steps involved in the formation of these novelderivatives of glutarirnide-flacetic acid, as well as an indication ofthe nature of these materials.

The following preparatory process was used to produce the product ofExample 1. Similar procedures were used to prepare the products ofExamples 2-12.

EXAMPLE 1 5 millimoles of dimethyltin oxide and 100 millimoles ofglutarimide-B-acetic acid are refluxed for 17 hours in 100 millilitersof benzene. The water eliminated during the reaction is removed from thereaction solution. The dimethyltin glutarimide acetate remains as asolid suspended in benzene and is isolated by filtration.

Moi. Melting Yield,

Ex. (MRn-m) Formula weight ppiit, percent 1 Dimethyltin Ci6H22N208sIL489 165 96 2.. CmHnNO4SI1..- 334 176-184 3 C13H23NO4SIL 376 156 83 4.O15H29N04Sl'i. 41B 70 66 5. Tributyltin. O H NO Sn 460 91-92 65. 4 6-Tricyclohexyltin. Cz H 1NO4Sn 538 190-195 72. 5 7. Trivinyltin-O13H17NO4SH. 370 2 180 80 8. Triallyltin GNH'ZQN OASII. 412 17-185 71 9,Diphenyltin C25H23NO4SI1. 520 165 63. 4 10 Diethyltin C1sI'I2zN2OaSIl517 222-225 77 11 Divinyltin CWHQ N OgSIL 513 2 165 64 12- Diphenylanti-C19H15NO4Sb 446 181-189 66 mony.

The compounds of the examples are the designated organometal derivativesof glutarimide-fi-aeetie acid.

2 Decompose.

Referring back to the general formula and the specific formulas for theorganometal salts used as the reactants, it is, of course, evident thatthe raw materials necessary for the formulation are theglutarimide-B-acetic acid, and the organometal compound. Although theorganometal chlorides, oxides and hydroxides are preferred as the sourceof the MR,, moiety, such equivalents as the corresponding alcoholates,carboxylates, etc., may be employed in the process. The alkali metal oralkaline earth metal salts of -glutarimide-,8-acetic acid may be used asthe reactant. Generally stoichiometric proportions of the compounds areused. The reaction temperature is preferably at or near the boilingpoint of the solvent. The solvents may include water, ethanol, etc.Atmospheric pressures are generally suitable. When theglutarimide-fi-acetic acid or a derivative thereof is reacted with theorganometal reactant, hydrogen chloride, sodium chloride, or water iseliminated and preferably removed during the course of the reaction.

EXAMPLE l3 1 mole of 2,6-dioxo-4 piperidine acetic acid ethyl ester isdissolved in toluene and heated (reflux) with 1 mole of sodium metaluntil all sodium is dissolved and the N-sodium salt is precipitated. Tothis slurry is added one mole of triethyltin chloride and the mixture isheated for several hours. After evaporation of the solvent,l-triethyltin-2,6-dioxo-4 piperidine acetic acid, ethylester is obtainedas a liquid mixed with some reactant material and triethyltinoxide. Thefinal product is very sensitive to moisture.

EXAMPLE l4 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine acetic acid and tri-n-butyltin salt isdissolved in bis(tri-n-butyltin) oxide and kept at approximately 120 C.until the boiling has stopped and crystals of 1tri-n-butyltin-2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine-tri-nbutyltin acetate appears. Theproduct is a colorless solid and insoluble in the common organicsolvents. It decomposes in water and moist air.

Although organotms have been most used as the organometal compound ingenerally illustrating the reactions, the other metals of Groups IVA andV-A of the periodic classification of the elements may also be used,namely silicon, germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony and bismuth, toform the corresponding organometal derivatives of theglutarimide-fi-acetic acid. Typical reactants include: dimethylantimonychloride, ethylantimony dichloride, phenyland diphenylantimony chloride,methylantim-ony oxide, bis(dibutylantimony) oxide, bis(-diphenylantimony) oxide, diphenylbismuth chloride, diphenyl-arsenicbromide, phenyldichloro arsene, methylarsenic difluoride, andphenylarsenic oxide. The Group IV metal reactants are generally thosecorresponding to the organotin reactants disclosed herein. Typicalcompounds which can be made using these metals, in accordance with thisinvention, are the following:

(a) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine diphenyllead acetate (b)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine triethyllead acetate (c) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidinediphenylbismuth acetate (d) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine naphthylbismuthacetate (e) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine dibutylarsenic acetate (f)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine phenylarsenic acetate (g) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidinebutylantimony acetate (h) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine dibutylantimony acetate(i) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine dibutylsilicon acetate (j)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine diethylgermanium acetate (k)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine dimethyltin acetate (1) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidinetrimethyltin acetate (m) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine triethyltin acetate (n)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine tri-i-propyltin acetate (0)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine tributyltin acetate (p) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidinetricyclohexyltin acetate (q) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine trivinyltin acetate(r) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine triallyltin acetate (s)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine diphenyltin acetate (t) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidinediethyltin acetate (u) 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine divinyltin acetate (v)2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine diphenylantimony acetate.

The compounds formed in accordance with this invention are generallysolids. The diorganotin compounds are practically insoluble in water andcommon organic solvents. Although the Formulae I and II represent thecompounds as monomers, some of them may be polymeric in nature.Non-monomeric material forms where the organometallic reactant containsmore than one noncarbon bonded substituent, e.g. diethyllead dichloride.These organometal derivatives of glutarimide-B-acetic acid generally maybe reduced to fine degrees of subdivision and have considerable value asfungicides, and slimicides. Testing indicates effectiveness of certainof these compounds against Southern Army worm, in a range of between 6.2parts and 5000 parts per million (p.p.m.); against two spotted spidermite in about the same range; against the house fly in a range between100 p.p.m. and 500 p.p.m. against the confused flower beetle at about500 p.p.m.; and against a wide variety of other materials includingpinworms, ascarids, and tapeworms at very low concentrations, e.g. .O6%.The compounds generally have unique and diversified solubilities indifferent solvents, as compared with other derivatives of the twodescribed moieties. These compounds are generally fairly stable. Becauseof these unique combination of properties these materials may be used aspaint additives, antifouling agents, wood preservatives, catalysts, etc.

What is claimed is:

1. The compound having the formula given by the following:

wherein (N/ J( J-0XB)...(MR.-m)

l 1'1, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of oxygen andsulfur;

B is selected from the group consisting of alkyls having up to 18 carbonatoms, and monocyclicaryl moieties;

M is tin;

R is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkenyl,monocyclicalkyl and monocyclic aryl and dicyclicaryl moieties;

n is 4; and

m is an integer from 1 to 3.

. 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine dimethyltin acetate.

4. 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine trimethyltin acetate.

5. 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine triethyltin acetate.

6. 2,6-diox0-4-piperidine tri-i-propyltin acetate.

7. 2,6-dioXo-4-piperidine tributyltin acetate.

. 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine tricyclohexyltin acetate.

2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine trivinyltin acetate.

2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine triallyltin acetate.

11. 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine di-phenyltin acetate.

12. 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine diethyltin acetate.

13. 2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine divinyltin acetate.

14. l-triethyltin-2,6-dioxo 4-piperidine acetic acid.

15. 1-tri-n-butyltin-2,6-dioxo-4-piperidine tri-n-butyltin acetate.

16. The method of preparing derivatives of glutarimide-p-acetic acidwhich comprises reacting up to 2 moles of a compound having the formulaR,, SnQ

wherein R is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl,

lower alkenyl, monocyclicalkyl, monocyclicaryl, diclicaryl,

M is tin;

Q is selected from the halides and hydroxides,

n is 4;

m is an integer from 1 to 3;

per mole of a compound selected from the group c0nsisting ofglutarimide-B-acetic acid and N-alliylglutarimide-fiacetic acid whereinsaid alkyl is a lower alkyl.

group consisting of oxygen,

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